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Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. on Wednesday will open its first fuel station in Flint, Mich., that offers E85, which is composed of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. The fuel will be available for 85 cents a gallon for a few hours to mark the station's opening.

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High-end specialty grocer Zaccaro's Market will open a store within a 17-loft development in March in Detroit, with the first units completed by February. The company is looking for other locations in Detroit for its planned expansion in the area.

Big Y Foods said it has started new milk and beef programs that provide private-label milk varieties from cows not treated with rbST and only All Natural USDA Angus Choice Beef in all its stores. "Through our Big Y beef and milk programs as well as many others, we are able to offer products that assist [customers] every day," Big Y's vice president of sales noted.

Dole Food Fresh Vegetables, a unit of Dole Food Co., has started to use B20 biodiesel fuel -- a renewable fuel extracted from natural oils -- for its farm equipment and off-road vehicles in Salinas, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz. "Those of us in agriculture who depend on the environment, land, water, and air quality to grow foods, are keenly aware of the importance of applying sustainable agricultural practices," the company's SVP of agriculture operations said.

Food retailers have joined the green bandwagon to meet the needs of a growing population of socially aware buyers. Analysts observe that food retailers have developed their own food-labeling systems and will remodel their stores to foster a department store ambiance that has multisensory appeal to more consumers.